“My daddy changed the world!” Gianna Floyd famously said. The 7-year-old daughter of George Floyd is melting hearts around the world after an iconic photo went viral showing the moment a Marine guard held the door as she entered the West Wing of the White House. Gianna Floyd and her family visited with President Joe…
A family of four is facing murder charges after they killed a neighbor in what authorities are calling a “tragic case of mistaken identity,” ABC13 in Texas reported. Nineteen-year-old Joe Argueta, along with his mother and father, 39-year-old Florinda Argueta and 45-year-old Luis Argueta, plus his uncle, 29-year-old Margarito Alcantar, were all charged with the…
EXCLUSIVE: Deputy White House Press Secretary will be only the second Black woman to lead the press briefing room, following in the footsteps of Judy Smith in 1991 Deputy White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday will command the White House podium and room filled with White House reporters eager to pepper her with…
The study also found that the average person of color is exposed to a higher heat island intensity than the average person living below poverty In nearly every major city in the U.S., people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people, a new study found. Using government temperature and census…
“I wouldn’t have been disturbed had I thought it was professional, had I thought those officers had performed as they should — they did not,” Gov. John Bel Edwards says Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday denounced the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene as “regrettable,” criticizing the state troopers who repeatedly stunned, choked…
Amazon is paying $8.45 billion for MGM, making it the company’s second-largest acquisition after it bought grocer Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion in 2017 Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde” and “Shark Tank,” with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with…
Instagram began hiding likes in 2019 as part of an effort to make people’s time on the app less stressful and depressing If you post a photo to social media and you don’t know how many people liked it, did you really post it? Instagram and Facebook users can now find out. Beginning Wednesday, those on both…
The author of such works as “Bad Feminist” and “Hunger” is teaming up with Grove Atlantic on Roxane Gay Books, which will publish three books a year Roxane Gay’s latest project is an imprint that will release the kinds of books she likes to read. The author of such works as “Bad Feminist” and “Hunger”…
Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, who supports the D.C. statehood bill, says their letter makes him “more optimistic than ever.” A group of dozens of congressional scholars sent a letter to the U.S. Congress imploring and advising them to use its authority to make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state. Its 39 signatories —…
Ciara‘s May 24 post of her daughter Sienna Wilson, 4, and Vanessa Bryant,‘s daughter Bianka Bryant, 4, hugging and holding hands during a trip to Disney World had fans commenting on how the toddlers’ relationship mirrored the bond between their mothers. Although it’s unclear how long Vanessa and Ciara have known each other, their friendship, often described as…
